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Bon Iver: Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Wyndham Wallace, The Quietus, 7 June 2011

FOUR YEARS or so ago, the oft-repeated story goes, Justin Vernon was holed up in a cabin in the rural wilderness of Wisconsin, recovering from a bout of glandular fever and the break-up of both his relationship and his former band, DeYarmond Edison, passing the time by tentatively recording demos.

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